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US4769342A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method for making a semiconductor laser by cleaving a cantilever heterostructure

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1986-10-10
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Granted: 1988-09-06
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Expires: 2006-10-10
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Abstract

Abstract A semiconductor laser device comprises a substrate (7) formed of p type GaAs, a laser diode portion (10) capable of laser oscillation and a monitor photodiode portion (11) capable of photoelectric conversion formed on substrate (7). The laser diode portion (10) and the monitor photodiode portion (11) are both formed of an epitaxial separating layer (6) of p type AlAs, an epitaxial layer group (23) mainly formed of a material of AlGaAs system and an epitaxial window layer (9) formed on a cleavage plane of this epitaxial layer group (23). The cleavage plane of the epitaxial window layer (9) on the side of the laser diode portion (10) constitutes a laser resonator plane (16) for laser light output of said laser diode portion (10) while the cleavage plane of the epitaxial window layer (9) on the monitor photodiode portion (11) constitutes a light receiving plane (17) for receiving the laser light outputted from the laser resonator plane (16).

Inventors

  • 👤 Tetsuya Yagi
  • 👤 Hitoshi Kagawa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 00:20
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/10; H01S5/16; H01S5/164; H01S5/02; H01S5/026; H01S5/0262; H01S5/0264; H10; H10P; H10P52/00; H10P54/00; H01S5/0201; H01S5/0202; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/026; Y10S148/05; Y10S148/065; Y10S148/095

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 101 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser device comprising the steps of preparing a semiconductor substrate, forming an epitaxial separating layer on said semiconductor substrate, successively forming an epitaxial layer group for generating laser oscillation therein in response to an externally applied voltage on said epitaxial separating layer, forming a cantilever structure formed of said epitaxial layer group by selectively under-etching said epitaxial separating layer, and forming a cleavage plane of said epitaxial layer group by snapping off said cantilever structure with pressure, wherein said cleavage plane forms a laser resonator plane for outputting laser light generated by said laser oscillation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 101 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser device comprising the steps of preparing a semiconductor substrate, forming an epitaxial separating layer on said semiconductor substrate, successively forming an epitaxial layer group for generating laser oscillation therein in response to an externally applied voltage on said epitaxial separating layer, forming a cantilever structure formed of said epitaxial layer group by selectively under-etching said epitaxial separating layer, and forming a cleavage plane of said epitaxial layer group by snapping off said cantilever structure with pressure, wherein said cleavage plane forms a laser resonator plane for outputting laser light generated by said laser oscillation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 57 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser device according to claim 1, wherein said epitaxial separating layer is formed of a material of AlAs system, said epitaxial layer group comprises a layer formed of a material of AlGaAs system, and the under-etching of said epitaxial separating layer is carried out using an etchant of hydrofluoric acid system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 57 words
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser device according to claim 1, wherein said epitaxial separating layer is formed of a material of InP system, said epitaxial layer group comprises a layer formed of a material of InGaAsP system, and the carve-etching of said epitaxial separating layer is carried out using an etchant of hydrochloric acid system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said step of forming a cleavage plane comprises forming a pair of cleavage planes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
A method as recited in claim 4, wherein said step of forming a pair of cleavage planes comprises the step of forming a laser resonator plane and a light receiving plane.

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